According to the 2011 census of India, the Tanda Nagar Palika Parishad had a population of 95,516, of which 49,429 were males while 46,087 were females. The population of children in the age range 0-6 was 12,090 which is 12.66 % of total population of Tanda. The total number of literates in Tanda was 64,736, which constituted 67.8% of the population with male literacy of 71.5% and female literacy of 63.8%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Tanda was 77.6%, of which male literacy rate was 81.8% and female literacy rate was 73.1%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 7,094 and 3 respectively. Tanda had 14597 households in 2011.
History
Tanda has a rich historical background. It used to be a barren land until Mughal Emperor Farrukhsiar asked Raja Syed Mohammad Hayat to make a civilization on the bank of the Ghagra river in 1714 A.D. The Royal Estate of Tanda stretched from the borders of old Awadh to the borders of Bihar. Before the famous 1857 mutiny, Raja of Tanda Syed Hussain Ali along with his brother Raja Syed Abbas Ali, stood against the British army troops, which were moving towards Delhi, and fought a fierce battle in which many of the Estate's soldiers died. It was Raja Syed Mohammad Raza who by his virtue of intelligence was able to hold on the legacy.
Economy
Tanda is an industrial city famous for its Tanda Terricot clothes. The "Tanda Terricot" are now manufactured on power looms. However, the city has a long history of weaving using hand looms. Things changed with the introduction of electricity in the early 1960s. Clothes manufactured in Tanda includes lungi, Gamchcha, Arabian Scarf, saris, Suit length, Shirting, Rumal, Stoles, Sarees, Dhoti etc. Some of the famous textile companies are Mohit India, Gemini Fabrics, Super India Textiles, HA sattar and sons, Tanda cloth house, Al Hasan Textiles Pvt Ltd, Ashraf Textiles Pvt Ltd and many more. There are many cold store in Tanda like Janta Cold store,Madina Cold store, Unit cold store which provides very good facility for potato storage. Other important industrial establishments in the region include a power plant run by the National Thermal Power Corporation and the UltraTech cement factory. National Thermal Power Corporation has an installed capacity of 440 MW. The power plant also houses a residential colony along with a hospital and the educational facilities.
Transportation
Tanda is well connected by rail and road to the rest of the country. The rail connections are used primarily for goods transportation for the power plant and the cement factory. For passenger transportation, Akbarpur Junction and Faizabad Junction is the main option. Akbarpur has located about 62 km from Faizabad. Tanda is around 182 km from Lucknow. Government bus services are not available to nearby towns and cities, so many private travel agencies provide bus services to Akbarpur, Hanswar, Baskhari, Azamgarh, Basti, Gorakhpur, Jaunpur, Varanasi, Faizabad, Lucknow, Kanpur and Delhi. The nearest international airports are Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport in Varanasi and Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport in Lucknow. Nearest domestic airport is Gorakhpur Airport in Gorakhpur.
Administration
As of 2017, Sanju Devi is the new MLA of Tanda Constituency. Rehana Ansari is the Chairman of Nagar Palika Parishad Tanda. Lalji Verma, Ex-MLA and Ex-minister of Uttar Pradesh Govternment hails from the same constituency. Masood Ahemad was the Education Minister who hail from Prithvipur village of this region. Heera Lal Yadav who is Member of Legislative Council hails from Saslahpur Rajaur village of this area. He is also the district president of Samajwadi Party.
Culture
Many festivals are celebrated here, such as Durga Pooja and Eid & Datikandhava, Ramleela and Haroon Rasheed Mela, Govind Sahib Mela and the Muharram are the most common festivals which are celebrated here.
Hospitals
Mahamaya Rajkiya Allopathic Medical College serve as local Hospital for Tanda and entire Ambedkar Nagar district.
